The Week in Pictures #206
The overcast and mild start to the week evaporated quickly as the heat waves took over. Herbivores are looking more and more eager for the wet season as each day passes, …
The overcast and mild start to the week evaporated quickly as the heat waves took over. Herbivores are looking more and more eager for the wet season as each day passes, …
Busman’s Holiday: a holiday or form of recreation that involves doing the same thing that one does at work. The surest proof that we love what we do here at …
I’m not the most popular person with the Londolozi vehicle workshop. I’ve broken my fair share of steering rods and severed a good few brake-fluid pipes and fuel lines by …
January 2012 was a tough time for everyone at Londolozi. The 18th saw the Sand River come raging down in full spate as a succession of cyclones dumped half the …
“The real world…” It’s a term often used by realists and parents with hopes of their children becoming lawyers. It is the world we inherited with civilisation. One you wouldn’t see being used to …
Just over a week ago we ran a post announcing the first sighting of one of the Matimba males on Londolozi. Since then both males have moved in as a …
In 2008, the Tsalala pride were taken over by two of the by-now infamous Mapogo coalition. A young male in the pride at the time, the sole survivor from a …
Tracks in the dust. Roars on the night air. The Tsalala pride sniffing bushes where an unknown lion(s) had clearly passed by the night before. These were the only signs …
I started the photographic journal series to allow the Londolozi hobbyist photographic guides to share their photographic styles, techniques and stories. I thought this is a great opportunity for guides …
A couple of weeks ago we ran a post that looked at the resurgence of the hyena population on Londolozi, and how this was going to have a knock-on effect …
What is the true test of a pride’s success? Is it the quality of their hunting prowess, the size of their territory or where that territory lies? Is it how …
Home is timeless, in the heart, near love, close to a river. Where the animals are.” …
“King of the Beasts” and no one can doubt that after first seeing a magnificent, mature male lion in the wild! They look so powerful, well-muscled and often scarred from …
There is such a thing as bush karma. Ask any old hand – ranger, tracker, lodge owner – and they will tell you that the bush has a way of …
As the nights lengthen and the temperature drops, there is nothing better than sitting around an African fire being serenaded by the calls of lions. Although there have been a …